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noun
- 1. a stock male character in French pantomime, with a sad white-painted face, a loose white costume, and a pointed hat.
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Pierrot (/ ˈpɪəroʊ / PEER-oh, US also / ˈpiːəroʊ, ˌpiːəˈroʊ / PEE-ə-roh, PEE-ə-ROH; French: [pjɛʁo] ⓘ), a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, has his origins in the late 17th-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne.
The meaning of PIERROT is a stock comic character of old French pantomime usually having a whitened face and wearing loose white clothes.
2 meanings: 1. a male character from French pantomime with a whitened face, white costume, and pointed hat 2. a clown or.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of Pierrot noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Pierrot definition: a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.. See examples of PIERROT used in a sentence.
a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
Pierrot definition: A character in French pantomime, dressed in a floppy white outfit.
The popular French theatrical character Pierrot is based on Pedrolino, a stock character of the Italian commedia dell’arte. One of the comic servants, or zanni, the simpleminded, honest Pedrolino was usually portrayed as a young and personable valet.
A stock male character in French pantomime, usually played as a sentimental lovesick youth with a sad white-painted face, a loose white costume with a neck ruff, and a pointed hat.
Definition. Pierrot is a stock character from the Italian commedia dell'arte, often depicted as a sad, white-faced clown in a loose white costume.
